Hinged split follower.



Patented Ian. 7, I902.

C. A. BATGHELDER. HINGE D SPLIT FULLOWER.

' (Application filed Jan, 80, 1900.)

(No Model.)

QliiiiiiHl UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-Icnf CHARLES ALBERT BATOHELDER, OFBROCKTON, MASSACHUSFTTS'ASSIGNOR TO OLIVER A. MILLER, OF BROOKTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

HlNG ED SPLIT FOLLOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 690,689, dated January7, 1902; I

Application filed January 30, 1900. Serial No. 3,328. (No model.)

To U whom it may concern-i Be it known; that 1, CHARLES ALBERTBATCHELDER, of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSplit Followers, of which the following is a specification. a

This invention has for its object the production of a new and improvedsplit follower; and it consists in the novel features of constructionand relative arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described in thespecification, clearly illustrated in the drawings,andparticularlypointed out in the claims.

Figure l represents a side elevationofa hinged split followerconstructed in'accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a crosslongitudinal sectional viewof the lower members of the fore part sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 ofFig. 4, showing the heel-section elevated. Fig. 4 represents atop planview of the hinged split follower made in accordance with my invention.Fig. 5 represents a cross-sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig.6 represents a detail perspective view of the hinge member.

The same characters of reference indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

The heel-section 1 and the multiple fore part 2' are connected by ahinge member 3. (See Fig. 6.) The multiple fore-part section 2 iscomposed of two upper members 21 21 and two lower members 22 22. The cutdividing the upper members from the lower members starts at the pointabove the location of the hinge member 3 and extends in an inclinedplane to a point between the toe a: and the ball part y of the fore-partsection. (See Fig. 1.) Screws 23, having their heads arranged in socketsin sections 22, are secured to the sections 21, thereby holding the endsof the sections 21 in place, while permitting more or less play upon thescrew-heads 23.

24 represents a pin having its ends arranged in the complementalrecesses in the opposing faces of the members 22 to keep saidmembers inalinement as they are slid toward and away from each other.

25 represents acoiled spring havingits ends arranged in complementalrecesses in the opposing faces of the members22 and tending to forcesaid members apart.v Thespring 25 is shown as arranged between thescrews 23 and pin 24; but this particular location is not vital, thepurpose being to have said spring act in conjunction with a spring 26,hereinafter mentioned, in order to force the sections 22 apartuniformly. The coiled spring 26, hereinafter referred to, has its endsarranged in complelnentalrecess'es in theopposing faces of the members22 in their rear end. (See Figs. 2, 4, and 5.) Apin2Zj is secured to theupper face of each of the'members 22, and its free end is arrangedincomplemental recesses in each of the members 21 in order to keep the'complemental members 21 and 22 in alinement, as they separate from eachother in a vertical direction by means of springs 29, hereinafterdescribed. The complemental sections 21 and 22 are forced apart bysprings 29, having their ends arranged in complemental recesses in theopposing faces of thesections 21 22.

A cam-finger. 30 is secured to the opposing faces of each of the members22 near the rear end thereof and extending across slots 31, formed inthe opposing faces in said members. (See Fig. 2.) The hinge member 3 maybe made of any desired material; but it is preferred for cheapness andefficiency of the device to form the same of cheap metal, as shown inFig. 6. The hinge being bent over upon itself to form a barrel havingcomplemental ears 32, provided with an aperture 33, through which thepin34 is passed to secure the hinge member in place, the ears 32 notarranged to engage a pin39, whose ends are mounted in the opposing facesof the sections 21; The barrel part of the hinge is arranged in therecesses 31, with the fingers 30, when the follower is in the operativeposition, as shown in Fig. 1, arranged in recess 35. When theheel-section is drawn upward and forward, the cam-faces 36 engage thecam-fingers30 in Fig. 3.

and draw the sections 22 together. The motion of the sections 22 towardeach other by means of the pin 27 also forces the sections 21 towardeach other. \Vhile this operation is taking place, the cam-arm travelsfrom the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown The cam-arm isprovided with a holding-face 41. As the cam-arm travels from theposition shown in Fig. 1 to the po-' sition shown in Fig. 3 it forcesdown the sections 21 upon the sections 22, and as the pin 39 engages theholding-face 41 the parts are locked in their closed position, as shownin Fig. 3, by the complemental action of the holding-faces 37, whichkeep the parts closed against each other in a lateral direction,whilethe holding-face 41 keeps the parts 21 forced down upon the parts 22.

Various modifications of my invention may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope thereof, which comprises a multiple fore-partfollower having means for automatically extending and for automaticallyclosing and for automatically locking the parts in position.

While in the drawings I have shown a fore part divided by a vertical aswell as horizontal cut, I wish to be understood as including within myinvention a follower in which the fore part is divided only by ahorizontal out, since by my invention the follower will be contractedvertically by the upward movement of the heel, whether it be divided bya vertical. cut or not.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall the forms in which it is made or all the modes of its use, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A hinged follower,comprising a heel-section, a sectional distensiblefore part hinged to said section, and meansfor contracting the fore partlaterally and vertically when the heel-section is swung upward.

2. Ahinged follower,comprisingaheel part, a sectional distensible forepart hinged to said heel part, means for simultaneously contracting thefore part laterally and vertically as the heel-section is thrown upward,the said means being arranged to lock the parts in a closed position.

3. A hinged follower,comprising a heel part, a divided fore part, andmeans for contracting' the fore part in a vertical direction as the heelis swung upward, having provision for locking the fore part when it iscontracted.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT llA'lOllIlliDElL Witnesses:

PETER XV. PEZZETTI, R. M. PIERSON.

